Artemis II Crew Talks about the Moon

Join the crew of Artemis II as they discuss their personal feelings about what the Moon means to them. Featuring Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover and Artemis II Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.

What is said in the film

Oh, the moon to me. It's that thing... ... it’s the thing that connects me together with all the other humans in my life. I remember being a little kid, lying in bed at night and just looking out of the moon and whatever phase it was.

And I was thinking, man. My friends that live like 20 miles away, they can probably look out, see that same exact moon. And then when I was in the Navy and I was, I would look out at the moon and I'd be halfway around the planet, I would think, man, my brother can see that moon where he is, and he's halfway around the planet from where I am. And it's a connection of life on Earth. We can all look up and see that moon.

It represents history. It is a witness plate. Everything that's ever happened to the moon is still written on the moon. There's no processes of wind or change in the Earth. Geologic processes like we have here that change it.

And something that's been telling and can read out the story of its own evolution. There's something beautiful about that. I've also learned from my indigenous mentors that they refer to the moon as Grandmother Moon. So you've probably heard of Mother Earth. They use Grandmother Moon because Grandmother Moon is responsible for the water in their community.

The grandmothers, you know, sort of protect the water source, just like the moon moves the water around the planet, affects the tides. It's something that represents something different for each individual culture around the planet. And that's really neat because we all share that same moon in the night sky. We all have seen the same side of the moon in different lighting conditions our whole lives. And so it seems very familiar to us, but it's also kind of unknown when we get up close.

Some of the imagery that we'll get to describe and to share with people will be very unique. And that nature, both of those things being true about this one entity that we all know just is really special. It’s just the epitome of a symbol of both, something that’s in each of our hearts. But this also represents exploration and reaching.

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